Building a Disruptor Super-App on Bubble — Seeking Community-Minded Builders 💡

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Hi everyone — Ben here from Melbourne :waving_hand:

After 25 years in finance and business, I’ve stepped back from the corporate world to focus on something more meaningful. Having a one-year-old daughter has changed the way I see things — I want to build something that matters, with purpose and impact.

For over a decade (while working full-time) I’ve run a successful shared-accommodation business. I currently manage 27 rooms, we’re always full thanks to a fantastic virtual-assistant team, and I run a Facebook community of more than 80,000 people who live and breathe this space.

Shared living is no longer just for students or backpackers — it’s become a mainstream, modern lifestyle choice for many different people:

  • Professionals on short-term projects or hospital placements

  • New arrivals saving money before taking on their own lease

  • Couples working toward a home deposit

  • Divorcees or those rebuilding a life and wanting stability

  • People choosing community, connection, and flexibility over isolation

This is a global trend — but the big platforms haven’t evolved with it. There’s a growing need for a disruptor that’s fair, transparent, and community-driven, yet commercially smart enough to scale.

That’s what I’m building: a peer-to-peer marketplace, the first stage of a broader multi-vertical “super-app” built on Bubble. The MVP is Figma-ready, focused, and already mapped out with built-in rewards, social-sharing, and AI-driven SEO.

I’ve spent hundreds of hours refining the model and am now looking for a few experienced, purpose-driven Bubble developers and designers who like working on projects that have heart, scale, and strong fundamentals. I’m not looking for an agency to run the meter — I’m looking for smart, collaborative people who can help shape this properly and grow with it.

If that sounds like your kind of challenge, I’d love to connect and chat.

Cheers,
Ben

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Hey Ben — really like the direction you’re taking with this. The shared-living shift you described is real, and this kind of community-driven marketplace is exactly where Bubble works best.

I run JetBuild Studio — https://jetbuildstudio.com
We build fixed-price Bubble MVPs (no hourly meter running). Clear scope, transparent delivery, built to scale.

If you’re open to it, happy to take a look at the Figma and give structured build recommendations.

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Are you bootstrapping / self-funding? If so…

I listen to Rob Walling’s podcast and he advises some areas where you want to tread carefully, or avoid, as a boostrapper. The #1 is building a 2-sided marketplace (such as you describe). The reason is well articulated in this blog post:

”1. Don’t build two sided marketplaces

Building a two-sided marketplace, such as platforms connecting buyers and sellers, presents a unique challenge for bootstrapped startup founders. It requires attracting both supply and demand at the same time. It’s like running two startups at once. Rob’s advice for those attempting this intricate balancing act is to approach it with caution or even to avoid it altogether, recognizing the complexities and potential pitfalls.”

You do you, but I just wanted to share how others see this as a mighty challenge for low-funded businesses.

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Hey @ben60 , sent you a dm, lets talk!

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Hi @ben60

Welcome to the bubble community!

I just sent you a dm, looking forward to your response

Regards

Tobi

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Hey Ben :waving_hand:

It might be worth having a chat to see if we might be able to good fit. Book a call with me here: NoCodeMinute - Development

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From experience, I would just say a couple of things…

trying to be a disruptor in the market is way too crazy to try and achieve when you start in the way you want to.

Focus on one thing.

There are a ton of FB groups that do what you want to do.

You’re trying to get users and suppliers right off the bat…a very tough sell.

Without a lot of funding, you’ve got a tough road ahead.

I know with your experience, it seems like it would be easy…but those statistics are proven wrong time and time again.

Start small, go local, and solve one common problem.

I don’t see it working the way you intend it to. Just some friendly advice

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Hey @ben60 I Just sent a DM.

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I’ll add - spend more on validating your idea (and the business case) than your MVP. Lots of people will want to build for you (see above) but few people will help verify what you build will ever be worth something. Validation makes breakfast for Ideation.

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@ben60

For a company from Brisbane, I’ve built from scratch this Property Management app:

If you think my experience can be helpful, we can talk in more detail.